Runs : 1923 American League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1923 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 151 New York Yankees 1
Tris Speaker 133 Cleveland Indians 2
Charlie Jamieson 130 Cleveland Indians 3
Harry Heilmann 121 Detroit Tigers 4
Sam Rice 117 Washington Senators 5
Whitey Witt 113 New York Yankees 6
Joe Dugan 111 New York Yankees 7
Ken Williams 106 St. Louis Browns 8
Ty Cobb 103 Detroit Tigers 9
Lu Blue 100 Detroit Tigers 10
Joe Sewell 98 Cleveland Indians 11
Joe Hauser 93 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Homer Summa 92 Cleveland Indians 13
George Burns 91 Boston Red Sox 14
Johnny Mostil 91 Chicago White Sox  
Jack Tobin 91 St. Louis Browns  
Eddie Collins 89 Chicago White Sox 17
Harry Hooper 87 Chicago White Sox 18
Goose Goslin 86 Washington Senators 19
Marty McManus 86 St. Louis Browns  
Wally Gerber 85 St. Louis Browns 21
Fred Haney 85 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Harris 82 Boston Red Sox 23
Wally Pipp 79 New York Yankees 24
Aaron Ward 79 New York Yankees  



Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?